Subheading · Chapter 66 · Heading 6603
6603.20: Umbrella frames, including frames mounted on shafts (sticks)
6603.20 is a six-digit subheading of heading 6603, parts, trimmings and accessories of articles of heading 6601 or 6602, chapter 66.
What you pay
Importing into UK
Rates by national line · UK Global Tariff
UK lines →- 6603 20 00 00 Umbrella frames, including frames mounted on shafts (sticks) Free
Additional duties and import rules
Charges on top of the customs duty, and rules the goods must meet at the border.
Import requirements 3
- Import controlRestriction on entry into free circulation
- Applies to goods from
- Ukraine
- Legal act
- S.I. 2022/395
- Documents
- 9009
- 9010
- 9017
- Import controlImport control - CITES
- Applies to goods from
- all countries
- Legal act
- 2021 No. 54
- Import controlImport control on seal products
- Applies to goods from
- all countries
- Legal act
- 2018 No. 1034
- Documents
- C679 Attesting Document (seal product), issued by a recognised body in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 737/2010 prior to 18 October 2015
- C680 Written notification of import and document giving evidence where the products were acquired (seal product)
- C683 European Union - Attesting document for seal products resulting from hunt by Inuit or other indigenous communities for placing on the Union's market in accordance with Article 3 (1) of Regulation (EC) No 1007/2009 on trade in seal products
- Y032 Other goods than those seal products mentioned in Regulation (EU) 2015/1850 (OJ L 271)
Preferential rates by country
| Agreement or scheme | Countries | Rate |
|---|---|---|
| standard rate (no agreement) | — | Free |
| DCTS Comprehensive | Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin and 38 moreAfghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo - Kinshasa, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Kiribati, Laos, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Myanmar (Burma), Nepal, Niger, Rwanda, São Tomé & Príncipe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tuvalu, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia | Free |
| European Union (including code " EU") | Free | |
| DCTS Enhanced | Algeria, Bolivia, Cape Verde, Congo - Brazzaville and 13 moreAlgeria, Bolivia, Cape Verde, Congo - Brazzaville, Cook Islands, Kyrgyzstan, Micronesia, Mongolia, Nigeria, Niue, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Syria, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu | Free |
| CARIFORUM | Antigua & Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize and 10 moreAntigua & Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, St Kitts & Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent & the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago | Free |
| OCTs (Overseas Countries and Territories) | Anguilla, Bermuda, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands and 7 moreAnguilla, Bermuda, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Montserrat, Pitcairn Islands, South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands, St Helena, Turks & Caicos Islands | Free |
| Central America | Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama | Free |
| SADC EPA | Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia | Free |
| Eastern and Southern Africa States | Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles, Zimbabwe | Free |
| CPTPP | Brunei, Malaysia | Free |
| UK–Andorra agreement | Andorra | Free |
| UK–Albania agreement | Albania | Free |
| UK–Australia agreement | Australia | Free |
| UK–Canada agreement | Canada | Free |
| UK–Switzerland agreement | Switzerland | Free |
| UK–Côte d’Ivoire agreement | Côte d’Ivoire | Free |
| UK–Chile agreement | Chile | Free |
| UK–Cameroon agreement | Cameroon | Free |
| UK–Colombia agreement | Colombia | Free |
| UK–Ceuta & Melilla agreement | Ceuta & Melilla | Free |
| UK–Ecuador agreement | Ecuador | Free |
| UK–Egypt agreement | Egypt | Free |
| UK–Fiji agreement | Fiji | Free |
| UK–Faroe Islands agreement | Faroe Islands | Free |
| UK–Georgia agreement | Georgia | Free |
| UK–Ghana agreement | Ghana | Free |
| DCTS Standard | Indonesia | Free |
| UK–Israel agreement | Israel | Free |
| UK–India agreement | India | Free |
| UK–Iceland agreement | Iceland | Free |
| UK–Jordan agreement | Jordan | Free |
| UK–Japan agreement | Japan | Free |
| UK–Kenya agreement | Kenya | Free |
| UK–South Korea agreement | South Korea | Free |
| UK–Lebanon agreement | Lebanon | Free |
| UK–Liechtenstein agreement | Liechtenstein | Free |
| UK–Morocco agreement | Morocco | Free |
| UK–Moldova agreement | Moldova | Free |
| UK–North Macedonia agreement | North Macedonia | Free |
| UK–Mexico agreement | Mexico | Free |
| UK–Norway agreement | Norway | Free |
| UK–New Zealand agreement | New Zealand | Free |
| UK–Peru agreement | Peru | Free |
| UK–Papua New Guinea agreement | Papua New Guinea | Free |
| UK–Palestinian Territories agreement | Palestinian Territories | Free |
| UK–Serbia agreement | Serbia | Free |
| UK–Solomon Islands agreement | Solomon Islands | Free |
| UK–Singapore agreement | Singapore | Free |
| UK–San Marino agreement | San Marino | Free |
| UK–Tunisia agreement | Tunisia | Free |
| UK–Türkiye agreement | Türkiye | Free |
| UK–Ukraine agreement | Ukraine | Free |
| UK–Vietnam agreement | Vietnam | Free |
| UK–Samoa agreement | Samoa | Free |
| UK–Kosovo agreement | Kosovo | Free |
| UK–South Africa agreement | South Africa | Free |
UK: imports by month
Main suppliers, last 12 months
| Country | Value | Share | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| £770k | 69.5% | -30.4% | |
| £179k | 16.2% | +265.9% | |
| £58k | 5.3% | +28.8% | |
| £38k | 3.5% | -12.7% | |
| £31k | 2.8% | +117.1% | |
| £14k | 1.2% | +31.9% | |
| £9k | 0.8% | +266.7% | |
| £3k | 0.2% | — |
Same subheading in other tariffs
World trade in 2024
Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$29.4kUS$29.4k+US$229.5k+US$907.5k+> US$2m
Exports: 86
- China: US$126.1m
- Italy: US$2.3m
- Spain: US$2m
- United States: US$1.2m
- Türkiye: US$1.1m
- Belgium: US$1.1m
- Taiwan: US$1m
- United Arab Emirates: US$908.4k
- Germany: US$907.5k
- Ukraine: US$685.4k
- Vietnam: US$678.7k
- South Africa: US$571.5k
- Greece: US$536k
- Netherlands: US$508.9k
- Kuwait: US$499.2k
- Indonesia: US$382.5k
- Poland: US$354.2k
- Austria: US$253.9k
- United Kingdom: US$249.4k
- India: US$240.9k
- Switzerland: US$229.5k
- Slovakia: US$195.6k
- Malta: US$194.4k
- Egypt: US$183.2k
- Mauritius: US$167.7k
- Chile: US$163.8k
- France: US$137.5k
- Bulgaria: US$116.4k
- Sweden: US$111.7k
- Mexico: US$88.9k
- Malaysia: US$82.7k
- Canada: US$67.3k
- Pakistan: US$63.5k
- Sri Lanka: US$63.1k
- New Zealand: US$62.8k
- Hong Kong SAR China: US$59.1k
- Romania: US$50.8k
- Thailand: US$48.4k
- Portugal: US$33.2k
- South Korea: US$32.8k
- Singapore: US$29.4k
- Denmark: US$26.5k
- Barbados: US$24.1k
- Saudi Arabia: US$22.9k
- Czechia: US$18.1k
- Croatia: US$17.9k
- Japan: US$11.7k
- Morocco: US$7.8k
- Zambia: US$6.3k
- Australia: US$4.7k
- Guatemala: US$4.7k
- Hungary: US$3.6k
- Latvia: US$3.2k
- Bosnia & Herzegovina: US$2.8k
- Serbia: US$2.7k
- Colombia: US$2.6k
- Luxembourg: US$2.3k
- Costa Rica: US$1.9k
- Slovenia: US$1.8k
- Panama: US$1.4k
Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$40.7kUS$40.7k+US$498.1k+US$1.9m+> US$5.6m
Imports: 159
- India: US$32m
- Bangladesh: US$24.8m
- United States: US$16m
- Vietnam: US$6.1m
- Cambodia: US$5.6m
- Sri Lanka: US$4m
- Switzerland: US$3.7m
- France: US$3.6m
- Saudi Arabia: US$3.3m
- Mexico: US$3.2m
- Algeria: US$2.9m
- Thailand: US$2.8m
- Germany: US$2.4m
- Spain: US$2m
- Philippines: US$1.9m
- United Kingdom: US$1.9m
- Japan: US$1.8m
- Portugal: US$1.7m
- Morocco: US$1.7m
- United Arab Emirates: US$1.6m
- Canada: US$1.5m
- Myanmar (Burma): US$1.4m
- Australia: US$1.3m
- Bulgaria: US$1.2m
- Austria: US$1m
- Czechia: US$973.9k
- New Zealand: US$799k
- Netherlands: US$787.6k
- Belgium: US$727k
- Croatia: US$698.5k
- Malaysia: US$678.5k
- Indonesia: US$661.9k
- Qatar: US$646.1k
- China: US$624.3k
- Brazil: US$594k
- South Korea: US$524.1k
- Ethiopia: US$510k
- South Africa: US$498.1k
- Taiwan: US$497.8k
- Poland: US$441.3k
- Nigeria: US$329.6k
- Italy: US$321k
- Türkiye: US$315.1k
- Singapore: US$267.5k
- Sweden: US$220.8k
- Chile: US$199.5k
- Romania: US$197.7k
- Denmark: US$191.4k
- Ireland: US$184.8k
- Libya: US$182k
- Norway: US$171.7k
- Israel: US$124.7k
- Armenia: US$123.6k
- Dominican Republic: US$110.4k
- Ecuador: US$103.7k
- Djibouti: US$97.2k
- Colombia: US$94.6k
- Bolivia: US$91.7k
- St Lucia: US$90.4k
- Russia: US$90.4k
Top exporters
| Rank | Country | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | US$126.1m | 87.6% | |
| 2 | US$2.3m | 1.6% | |
| 3 | US$2m | 1.4% | |
| 4 | US$1.2m | 0.8% | |
| 5 | US$1.1m | 0.8% | |
| 6 | US$1.1m | 0.7% | |
| 7 | US$1m | 0.7% | |
| 8 | US$908.4k | 0.6% | |
| 9 | US$907.5k | 0.6% | |
| 10 | US$685.4k | 0.5% |
Top importers
| Rank | Country | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | US$32m | 22.2% | |
| 2 | US$24.8m | 17.2% | |
| 3 | US$16m | 11.1% | |
| 4 | US$6.1m | 4.2% | |
| 5 | US$5.6m | 3.9% | |
| 6 | US$4m | 2.8% | |
| 7 | US$3.7m | 2.5% | |
| 8 | US$3.6m | 2.5% | |
| 9 | US$3.3m | 2.3% | |
| 10 | US$3.2m | 2.2% |
Import duty on this product around the world 165
The most-favoured-nation (MFN) duty each country applies to goods of this HS subheading: the average over its national tariff lines, with the lowest and highest line where they differ. Goods from countries with a trade agreement often pay less.
- 10%median duty
- 22number of duty-free countries (MFN)
- 45%highest: Bahamas, Cameroon, Cape Verde
165
| Importing country | MFN duty | lines from – to | data year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5% | 2018 · HS 2012 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2021 · HS 2007 | ||
| 18% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 22% | 2021 · HS 2012 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 45% | 2022 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 25% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 25% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2022 | ||
| 15% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2022 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 18% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 7% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 30% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 22% | 2021 · HS 2002 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 6% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 6% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 8% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2019 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2022 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5.2% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 13% | 2023 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 12% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 26% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 4.3% | 2023 | ||
| 2.5% | 0% – 5% | 2023 | |
| 12% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 25% | 2023 · HS 2002 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 3.2%* | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 25% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 25% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 7.5% | 0% – 15% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
| 4% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 18% | 2023 | ||
| 7.5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 3% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 0% | 2017 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 18% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 3% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2019 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 13% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 10% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 25% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2007 | ||
| 2.6%* | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2020 · HS 2012 | ||
| 10% | 2021 · HS 2012 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 19% | 2017 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 6% | 0% – 12% | 2023 | |
| 18% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 18% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 25% | 2023 | ||
| 6% | 2021 · HS 2012 | ||
| 10% | 2017 · HS 2017 | ||
| 25% | 2023 | ||
| 0.1% | 2023 |
Tariff data years 2017–2023; rates may have changed since. * ad valorem equivalent of specific duties (UNCTAD estimate) · UNCTAD TRAINS, accessed via WITS (World Bank)
Classifications and correspondences
Where this HS subheading sits in the United Nations' statistical classifications, and which codes it had in earlier editions of the Harmonized System.
- SITC Rev. 4
- 89949 Parts, trimmings & accessories of articles falling under heading 899.41/899.42
- End use (BEC Rev. 5)
- Intermediate goods · BEC 411220
- CPC 2.1 product
- 38922 Parts, trimmings and accessories of umbrellas, sun-umbrellas, walking-sticks, seat-sticks, whips, riding-crops and the like
- ISIC Rev. 4 activity
- 3290 Other manufacturing n.e.c.
Earlier HS editions
| HS | Code | |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 6603.20 | unchanged |
| 2012 | 6603.20 | unchanged |
| 2007 | 6603.20 | unchanged |
| 2002 | 6603.20 | unchanged |
| 1996 | 6603.20 | unchanged |
| 1992 | 6603.20 | unchanged |
Correspondence tables of the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD)
Subheading 6603.20 is a single line in the UK Global Tariff, where the duty is duty-free.
The EU Combined Nomenclature has one tariff line for subheading 6603.20; the duty is 5.2%.
Goods from 174 countries can enter the UK at a preferential rate instead of the standard Free; 174 of them pay no duty at all, for example under DCTS Comprehensive or European Union.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the UK imported these goods worth £1.1m (down 13% on the year before), at an average of £4.89 per kg; China supplied 70%, followed by Belgium.
World trade in these goods reached US$144m in 2024, up 1.3% on 2023.
China was the largest exporter with 87.6% of the total, ahead of Italy.
Questions and answers
What is the HS code for umbrella frames, including frames mounted on shafts (sticks)?
Umbrella frames, including frames mounted on shafts (sticks) fall under HS subheading 6603.20, part of heading 6603, in section XII of the Harmonized System.
What is the import duty on umbrella frames in the UK?
Under the UK Global Tariff, imports under 6603.20 from countries without a preferential agreement are free of duty. Preferential rates, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.
What is the import duty on umbrella frames in the EU?
Under the EU Combined Nomenclature, imports under 6603.20 from countries without a preferential agreement are charged at 5.2%. Preferential rates, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.
Which country exports the most umbrella frames?
China, with US$126.1m in 2024 (87.6% of world exports).
Which countries can export these goods to the UK duty-free?
174 countries pay no duty under a trade agreement or preference scheme, among them partners under DCTS Comprehensive, European Union, DCTS Enhanced. The goods must meet the agreement’s rules of origin and the importer needs proof of origin; otherwise the standard rate of Free applies. Pick a country above to see its rate.
Where does the UK import these goods from?
In the 12 months to August 2026, the largest suppliers were China (70%), Belgium (16%) and Italy (5%), out of total imports of £1.1m.